While there wasn’t an official voting booth
on campus this year, students from the Fresno
State social work department decided to host a
ballot drop-off to make sure all votes get counted.
James Borunda, who coordinated the
“Bring Your Own Ballot” event, considers voting to be about accountability. He also said
the campus’ distinction as a Hispanic-Serving
Institution means it’s important to get the Hispanic community to vote. He cited U.S. Census
numbers that portrayed a low voter turnout
among Hispanics.
“I want to be part of that change,” Borunda
said.
Ricardo Franco, a former candidate for the
U.S. District 22 seat, attended the ballot dropoff location on the balcony of the University
Student Union and said he appreciated that
social work students were taking the lead in the
voting effort.
Franco touted two new changes in California law that allow voters to have someone other
than them to turn in their ballots and one that
allows for pictures to be taken of ballots. Both
laws, Franco said, make voting easier.
“People just don’t know how (to vote).
That’s the hardest part in all of this,” Franco
said. “Once you create a safe space for people to
actually vote … they realize it’s not that hard.”
Ballots dropped off by 5 p.m. Tuesday would
be delivered to the county registrar’s office, according to Borunda.
Elsewhere on campus, students said they
voted because they understood the impact of
it. Senior biology major Erik Sanchez said he
voted this year because it was an especially important election for him.
“It’s a breaking point because it’s a midterm
election. Of course, California is already blue
but it’s a determining state for future presidents,” Sanchez said.
Collegian Sports Editor Micheal Ford contributed to this story.

emocrats seized control of House
while Republicans fortified their
hold on the Senate as voters
stormed the polls Tuesday to
render the first electoral judgment on the
tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump.
Riding a wave of discontent that drew
hordes of first-time voters, Democrats picked
up House seats in blue states, red and purple
ones – from New York to Oklahoma, New
Jersey to Colorado, Florida to Minnesota and
Texas.
Democrats had claimed at least 23 of the
seats needed to seize control of the chamber
even before results came in from California,
which had a half dozen contests considered too
close to call.
The takeover marked the third time in 12
years that the chamber traded partisan hands,
a level of volatility unmatched since the years
after World War II. The party also picked up
governorships in Illinois, Kansas and Michigan.
The Senate presented a contrasting picture,
reflecting the different political battlefields
– mostly rural versus mostly urban – of Tuesday’s congressional contests.
The GOP beefed up its narrow 51-49 Senate majority with victories in North Dakota,
where Rep. Kevin Cramer defeated freshman
Democrat Heidi Heitkamp, and Indiana, where
businessman and former state lawmaker Mike
Braun beat first-term incumbent Joe Donnelly.
In Tennessee, Republican Rep. Marsha
Blackburn defeated the state’s former governor, moderate Democrat Phil Bredesen, to hang
onto the seat of the retiring GOP incumbent,
Bob Corker.
All three Republicans ran as unswerving
supporters of the president, who carried each
of their heavily rural states by comfortable margins.
In West Virginia, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, a prime target in a state Trump won
by 40 percentage points, defeated Republican
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to win his
second full term. Democratic incumbents also
held on in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wis-

consin – states that were key to the president’s
2016 victory.
Although Trump was not on the ballot, he
loomed large on Tuesday – the way presidents
historically have in midterm elections – and
many voters seized the opportunity to make
their feelings known.
About two-thirds of those interviewed in
exit polling said Trump was a major factor in
their vote, with 40 percent of those saying they
cast their ballots in opposition to the president
and 25 percent expressing support.
For Republicans such as Charles Cooke,
who cast his ballot in McAllen, Texas, it was a
chance to deliver a big thumbs-up for the kind
of non-politician he said the country needs.
“The things that have happened in the past
two years are good,” Cooke said outside the
Fireman’s Pumphouse polling station in Fireman’s Park. “The jobs, the economy is better

than ever, a lot of manufacturing, companies
are coming back to the United States.”
Many, however, looked past the strong
economy. Even though two-thirds of those interviewed said the economy was in good shape,
according to an Associated Press exit poll, 6-in10 said the country was nevertheless headed in
the wrong direction – suggesting they weighed
other factors apart from their pocketbook.
For the most part, the election went off with
no major glitches.
There were reports nationwide of broken
voting machines and confusion at polling places. But nothing out of the ordinary for Election
Day, and many of the problems stemmed from
unusually long lines, which pointed to a higher-than-usual turnout for a midterm election.
Weather also played a part. In portions of
the Deep South storm-related blackouts, including one in Knox County, Tenn., left several
polling places without electricity, forcing voters
there to resort to paper ballots.
Contrary to Trump’s warnings of possible
nefarious acts, elections officials did not report
any widespread voter fraud or irregularities.
Tuesday’s balloting culminated two years of
anger and political agitation, which began virtually the moment Trump took office.
Protesters flooded the streets in nationwide
demonstrations the first weekend after his
swearing-in, forging an army of dissenters who
swelled the ranks of Democratic candidates and
volunteers and filled the party’s coffers with a
flood of campaign cash.
Republicans responded by rallying fiercely
behind the president, overcoming any qualms
about his tweets and temperament to battle
critics and fight the so-called Democratic resistance.
The result was a midterm campaign that
consumed and convulsed the nation like few
non-presidential elections have in recent times.
“A great deal is at stake,” House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat
who could be restored as House speaker, told
reporters during a swing last month through
Florida, a perennial political battleground.
“Our fundamental belief in our Constitution.
The great respect we should command for everyone in our community. Fairness.”

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Nunes, Costa hold
onto House seats

District 22
In the race for Congressional District 22,
Republican incumbent Devin Nunes held a
strong lead as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday night. He
had been locked in a campaign battle against
Democratic challenger Andrew Janz.
Nunes, who had a 57 percent lead over
Janz’s 47 percent, has served as the district’s
representative since 2013, prior to which he
represented District 21 from 2003 until redistricting redefined District 21 as District 22.
Janz is a Fresno County prosecutor who
gained a local following through his grassroots
campaign.
The race gained national attention due in part
to Nunes’ high profile as a close affiliate of President Donald Trump. It is also one of the most

expensive congressional races in history with a
sum of nearly $17 million spent between the two
candidates, according to opensecrets.org.
At Nunes’ election party on Tuesday night in
Hanford, attendees waited eagerly for results to
pour in. As the night moved on and early numbers favored Nunes, the crowd became more
relaxed. Nunes made brief remarks but did not
speak to the press.
At Janz’s election party in Fresno, Heather
Greven, campaign manager, was optimistic
about the results throughout the night.
“If Andrew becomes a new member of Congress, I think you’re going to see him holding a
lot of town hall meetings.”
Reporting contributed by Fresno State Focus reporters Scott Gruenwald and Clayton
Jones.
District 16
The race for Congressional District 16 between Democratic incumbent Jim Costa and
Republican challenger Elizabeth Heng gained
attention leading up to Tuesday’s election and
remained close. In the end, Costa had a comfortable lead with 53 percent of the vote.
Costa has served as representative of the

district since 2013, before which he had served
as representative of District 20 since 2005.
The two candidates met in live debates
on both CW59 and KSEE24 over the past few
weeks. Heng questioned Costa’s effectiveness
during his 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, while Costa addressed his challenger’s eight-year absence from the Valley.
At Tuesday’s campaign party in downtown
Fresno, Heng said she was excited to have run
her campaign against Costa, whom she sought
to replace mostly due to what she called lack of
leadership.
“We’ve been talking about the same problems for far too long. I hope that message resonated with our community,” Heng said.
Costa did not seem fazed by Heng’s challenge. He confidently said at his central Fresno
campaign party. “The results in Fresno are as
they’ve been in the past. Madera’s always been
a bit of a challenge. Good folks there. And I
think we’re ultimately going to win the Merced
county.”
Reporting contributed by Collegian Opinion Editor Christina Tran and reporter Jorge
Rodriguez.

California Senate District 8
Republican Andreas Borgeas and Democrat
Paulina Miranda battled for the Senate 8 seat,
but as of 11 p.m. Tuesday Borgeas appeared a
winner with 62 percent of the votes.
Borgeas and Miranda defeated Democrat
Tom Pratt and Independent Mark Belden in
the June 5 primary elections. In that election,
Borgeas got 59 percent of the vote and Miranda
followed with 21 percent.
Miranda previously ran for California State
Senate District 8 in 2014 and District 16 in
2013. She became an ex-officio member of the
Fresno County Democratic Central Committee
in 2014.
Borgeas is the District 2 representative on
the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, first
elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016.
Borgeas hosted a campaign party Tuesday
at the Elbow Room in the Fig Garden Shopping
Center at 7 p.m. Borgeas will be the first State

Senator from Fresno County in more than 12
years.
California’s 8th Senate district spreads over
Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono and
Tuolumne counties and parts of Fresno, Madera, Sacramento, Stanislaus and Tulare counties.
California Assembly 23
Republican candidate for California’s Assembly District 23 Jim Patterson appeared to
retain his seat with 63 percent of the vote as off
11 p.m. Tuesday night.
Patterson previously served as Mayor of
Fresno from 1993-2001. He has spent most of
his career as a business owner and broadcast
executive, owning and operating radio stations
in California and Idaho.
Patterson has a Bachelors of Political Science from Fresno State. He is co-chair of the
California House Committee on Legislative
Ethics and vice chair of Utilities and Commerce.
Patterson has been endorsed by the Nation-

al Rifle Association, Gun Owners of California,
California Pro-Life Council and Crime Victims
United of California.
Challenging Patterson in the midterm elections was Democrat Aileen Rizo, who is in the
process of earning a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University.
Rizo has a master’s degree in mathematics
education from Fresno Pacific University and a
master’s in Educational/Instructional Technology from Northern Arizona University.
She is currently an adjunct professor at
Fresno Pacific and has served as a math instructor in multiple school districts, including
Phoenix, Arizona.
In 2018, Rizo won a Supreme Court case
that paved the way for equal pay for men and
women.

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This November is Veterans month, and
Fresno State Veterans Services is gearing up
to commemorate Veterans Day with several
events. The events, which are sponsored by
Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Office, will take place from Nov. 2 through Nov.
17 around campus.
Thursday, Nov. 8
Veterans Day Ceremony, from 10 - 11:30
a.m. at the Fresno State’s Veterans Memorial
next to Thomas Administration building.
Thursday, Nov. 8 to Tuesday, Nov. 13.
“Remembering Our Fallen Heroes” traveling exhibit, during library office hours at the
Library Ellipse Gallery, second floor.
Monday, Nov. 12
Veterans Day Parade, starts at 11:11 a.m. in
downtown Fresno, Fresno Street and Van Ness
Avenue.
Thursday, Nov. 15

Bowling and Billiards for Veterans, from 2
to 4:30 p.m. at the Bulldog Bowl.
Saturday, Nov. 17
Veterans Football Tailgate, begins at 4 p.m.
on the ASI Red Lot 58, Bulldog Stadium.
Veterans Tribute Football Game, begins at 7
p.m. at Bulldog Stadium.
The Veteran Services coordinator Robyn
Gutierrez mentioned that everyone in the community is encouraged to attend all of the events.
Also, Gutierrez would like everyone to visit the
the Veterans Service office, which is located in
the McLane Hall Annex 20-24, and get to know
veteran students.
“We have over 300 veteran students here at
Fresno State who have served our country and
this type of event is just a way to show that we
support them,” Gutierrez said.
For assistance or special accommodation
for any events, contact Veterans Services at
559-279-6030 and for more information, visit
www.fresnostate.edu/veterans.

brutality.
The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, the Henry Madden Library
and the Cross Cultural and Gender Center
worked collectively to provide students at Fresno State with a chance to see the new movie,
which first released in theaters on Oct. 5.
Sophie Karas from Student Involvement
and Renee Cromer from Student Affairs and
Enrollment Management were partners in
planning all the details of the event.
The event was sponsored by Dean Delritta
Hornbuckle of Library Services and Dr. Francine Oputa who rented the theatre. Dr. Carolyn
Coon, the dean of students, bought tickets, and
Deborah Adishian-Astone, vice president for
administration and CFO, covered all the free
concessions.
The film was about a young black girl named
Starr who struggled to balance her two different
worlds at a wealthy, mostly white prep school,
and a poor, mostly black neighboorhood when
she witnessed her childhood best friend get
shot and killed by a police officer. Starr had to
take on the burden of how both communities
viewed the situation but ultimately had to voice
her opinion and stand up for what is right.
Members who helped with the event handed out pens and paper to the audience and told
them to write down questions or feelings they
had about the movie. These questions were addressed after the movie in a student talkback.

Several Fresno State groups worked together to put on a movie screening
of ‘Hate U Give.’ The film became a discussion of police brutality. A second
showing is scheduled for Nov. 7, 2018 in the Vintage Room at 5 p.m.
Boxes of tissues were also handed out, and
the audience was warned that some of the
scenes may be too emotional and intense for
some viewers. Because of this Dr. Travis Scott,
a social work professor, was at the movie to aid
anyone who needed someone to talk to at any
point.
During the student talkback, many faculty
and students were members of the panel. There
were multiple students on the panel who represented different organizations, such as: Phi
Beta Sigma, Alpha Phi Alpha, the Black Student
Union, NAACP, Money Management and Onyx.
Law enforcement Sgt. Justin Bell from the
Fresno Police Department was present on the
panel and was the target of most of the students’ questions.
The film supported many themes, such as
community, belonging, bravery and family,
but most of all the injustice of police brutality
toward black communities. Many of these subjects are what spurred the Black Lives Matter
movement.
The students started the discussion right after the movie, and the conversation led straight
to police brutality and how black members and
races of darker skin color in the community are
being treated.
Bell was asked by Josiah Wilson, “What
should we be doing now so that our children
don’t have to fear authority figures, such as law
enforcement when they are older?”
Bell replied by saying that black families

should be teaching their children at young ages
on how to act around authority so that they can
protect themselves.
This safety tactic was exhibited in the movie,
but that led the discussion to multiple students
asking what they need to be doing, or rather
what needs to be done so that black families
don’t have to fear and have to teach their children ways to stay protected from authority figures.
The night ended after the talkback with the
question being what needs to be done to make
a change in the world so that people of darker
skin color don’t have a disadvantage.
Oputa will be purchasing books for students
to read together as a book club in the Harambee
Room in the Cross Cultural and Gender Center,
and there will be a continued movie discussion
Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at
the Vintage Room.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fresno colleges
are unsafe
By Angel Gonzalez
Fresno State student

Dear editors of The Collegian,
I would like to discuss a rising issue involving the wilding of students in universities.
For the past few years, there has been a
massive spike of crimes throughout universities, and it seems that people have become extremely desensitized to these situations.
Many of the most common crimes include:
rape, domestic/aggravated assault, possession
of contraband, stalking and robbery.
Fresno is already considered one of the most
dangerous cities in California, sitting at a crime
rate of 51 percent and 59 percent higher than
the national average (areavibes.com).
In addition, Fresno State also follows as one
of the most dangerous colleges in America.
In the years of 2008 to 2012, ABC News recorded an average of 12 reported violent crimes
and 413 property crimes.
Just last year, there have been a reported

American dream
of equality

142 reported crimes, with 30 of these being
“major crimes,” such as murder, rape, robbery,
aggravated assault and arson.
These crimes have been rising, especially
with contraband and alcoholism.
As Charles Derber, an American professor
of sociology at Boston College and author of
“The Wilding of America” (2015) stated, “Campuses are no longer ivy-walled sanctuaries but
are increasingly becoming sites of shootings,
theft, sexual assault, property damage and other crimes.”
Moreover, Fresno State is not the only college in Fresno with violence.
In November of last year, there was a Fresno City College woman walking to her car one
night after class who was dragged into another
vehicle, where she was sexually assaulted (Fresno Bee, 2017).
With all this being said, how does this make
Fresno State a safe community for its students
if there is violence constantly happening on and
off campus?

Kindness on campus
By Angelina Chastain |
Fresno State student

I just simply wish to convey my thank you
to the students who say “please and thank you,”
and the ones who clean up after themselves at
the University Dining Hall.
Thank you very much and a job well done to
your parents!
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of the staff or university.

Since moving to the United States of America, I have come across many things while
attending college, and one specific thing that
caught my interest was the idea of the American dream.
Before moving from New Zealand to America, I had an idea about the American dream,
consisting of a house with a white picket fence,
a good job with good income and a loving family
to come home to every day.
Simple necessities.
However, as an international student, I
didn’t know the other aspects that are involved
with the American dream that I have now
learned by beginning my sociology degree at
Fresno State.

All around the world, America is portrayed
as the “land of the free,” and somewhere that
opportunities come around every corner.
Yet this is not the case for everyone living
here. The biggest aspect of the American dream,
in my eyes, is the idea of equal opportunity.
It is well known that in the past there were
many instances of inequality between ethnic
groups, including voting rights or segregation,
which affected many people and their fulfillment of their own American dreams.
Though certain laws and regulations have
been abolished, I believe discrimination and
the inequality and discrimination toward certain groups continue to happen now.
Even though these rights have improved
over time, I still believe America can increase
the rates of individuals fulfilling their own
American dreams by changing the way they
treat all ethnic groups -- fairly and equally.

The Collegian carries four different
ethnic supplements inserted
several times throughout each
semester into its print publication.
Each supplement is produced by
its own staff and advisers and is
separate from The Collegian.
The news stories or opinions in the
supplements do not reflect those of
The Collegian.

Women’s basketball enters
season with high expectations
By Jorge Rodriguez
Reporter

Autumn doesn’t just bring cold weather and
longer nights, it also brings basketball season.
For the Fresno State women’s basketball
team, it spawns hope for a season that can take
it on a championship run.
Coming off of a season that saw the team
go 17-15 overall and 11-7 in Mountain West
Conference play, the Bulldogs have prepared
for this season since the summer when they
played several games in Europe.
Fresno State won all three games against
Zkk Radnicki from Serbia, Lion De Carouge
from Switzerland and Paris All-Stars from
France.
With most players from last season
returning, the Bulldogs are confident that with
a veteran squad they will be able to make a deep
postseason run.
The ‘Dogs will rely on sophomores Ali
Gamez and Maddi Utti, who after a good
freshman season will be looking to take more of
a leading role on the team.
But the Bulldogs are most excited about
the return of their best player from last season,
senior Candice White. The Modesto native will
be looking to make her last season as a Bulldog
a special one with hopes of a postseason run.
In her final season as a Bulldog, she is
looking to cement herself as one of the leaders
of the team and help it achieve postseason
success.
“I want to be mentally strong throughout
the season. It’s a long season and having gone
to Europe, it seems like we started a long, long
time ago,” White said. “I want to develop more
as a player this season. I feel like there is a lot
more I can learn and a lot more things I can
fine-tune.”
White is coming off a season that saw her
named to the All-Mountain West team after
a 2017-18 season where she broke the 1,000
point mark for her career.
She also led the team in rebounds with an
average of 6.3 per game and points with an
average of 18.9 per game.
Head coach Jaime White said that she is
excited for this season and that the additions
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of players like freshman Gabby Standifer and
Senior Bulldog guard Candice White practices her dribbling around defenders
junior college transfer Lydia Friberg have during practice, Oct. 30, 2018

MEN’S BASKETBALL
The men beat University
of Alaska-Anchorage 91-63
at the Save Mart Center on
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

helped the team a lot.
Standifer, who was a highly coveted threestar recruit and a three-time state all-star in her
native Texas, said she feels at home at Fresno
State.
“I like Fresno. It kind of reminds me of
back home ... It’s kind of like a smaller town.
Everyone is close. They support each other, and
that’s what I like about it,” Standifer said. “I
think as we practice, we’ve gotten better and our
relationship has built as a team.”
There are big expectations for the Bulldogs’
season, knowing that much of the talent from
last season stayed and that they had a productive
summer session.
Coach White believes that some of their
toughest opponents will be Colorado State
University, Boise State University, University
of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of New
Mexico.
White also said that her team might be
somewhat undersized, but that it has great
shooters who can get up and down the court fast.
“The goal is always to win the conference,
and as we get close to that goal, we want to win
the championship and advance beyond the first
round of the NCAA Tournament,” White said.
“We’re excited for the year. We’re excited to get
back in the Save Mart Center and excited to see
all our fans in the stands.”
The ‘Dogs lost to Northern Arizona University
on Tuesday, 86-73 to start the season.
Sophomore Maddi Utti led the team in
scoring with a career-high 25 points on 11-16
shooting, along with grabbing seven rebounds,
three steals and three assists.
White was second on the team in scoring with
18 points on 7-16 shooting with four rebounds,
four assists and four steals in 30 minutes played.
The ‘Dogs will be back in action on Nov.
14 when they take on Cal Poly at home in the
season home opener. Fresno State did not play
Cal Poly last season but the Mustangs did finish
with a record of 17-12, good enough for 6th in
the Big West Conference.

lessia Dario, 20, hasn’t always
been a top-notch tennis player.
When Dario was 11, she
lost her interest in gymnastics.
Meanwhile, her father picked up a tennis racket
after 20 years and started playing again with his
friends.
She went with her dad and told him: “OK,
I’ll come with you, watch and see if I like it.’ So
I tried it, and I loved it,” Dario said.
Now nine years later, her love of the game
has brought her all the way to Fresno State.
Dario is from Francenigo, Italy, a small
village near Venice. Living in the U.S. is very
different from what she is accustomed.
“Everyone knows pretty much everyone [in
Francenigo],” Dario said. “It’s very small.”
Dario is an only child. All of her family and
friends are still in Italy. She is the first to play

sports and move to the U.S., she said.
When she was recruited, the Bulldogs’
previous head coach showed her videos of the
facility. After watching and getting a feel for the
atmosphere of the program, she was ready to
represent Fresno State.
“I came to visit, and I really liked it,” Dario
said. “I thought that’s a good place for me.”
The biggest challenge for Dario when she
moved to Fresno was learning to take care
of herself. Like most college students, it’s a
challenge to cook, clean and manage her time
and finances on her own.
As a freshman, Dario appeared in 16
matches, boasting a 17-19 singles record and
a 14-6 record in tournament play. She was
named to the spring Academic All-Mountain
West team and earned 2017-18 Mountain West
Scholar-Athlete honors.
This 2018-2019 season has brought a whole
new team with a new coach, Dario said.
Coach Ric Mortera joined the Bulldogs in
August of this year after three years as associate

head coach of Texas Tech’s women’s tennis
program.
Mortera said his main priority right now is
getting the athletes together and bonded like
a family leading up to the spring. The team is
looking forward to the spring when team events
begin, as opposed to individual play.
Dario said the team gets along really well.
They have weekly team dinners, sometimes
with the coaches, and study together in the
evenings.
Last year, Dario was the only freshman. This
year, as a sophomore, she is one of the oldest on
the team. Dario said the freshmen are energetic
and have been a positive influence on the team.
Dario begins her day promptly at 6:30 a.m.
to start practice by 8 a.m.
She is inspired by Roger Federer, she
said without hesitation. Federer is a Swiss
professional tennis player currently ranked No.
3 in the world in men’s singles tennis by the
Association of Tennis Professionals.
“When he plays he is perfect -- his technique

and everything,” Dario said. “He is so relaxed,
and he is so confident. He doesn’t show his
emotion too much. That’s a good thing in
tennis. He’s really good.”
When she’s not practicing or conditioning,
Dario is studying business with hopes of
pursuing either marketing or business
management.
“I think [school] here is easier,” Dario said.
“I didn’t go to the university [in Italy], of course.
But compared to what my friends are doing, I
think it’s easier.”
Mortera had many positive things to say
about Dario’s future at Fresno State.
“She’s been such a positive influence on
the younger ones,” Mortera said. “She’s an
excellent role model. She has this great bar of
excellence that she strives to do both on the
court and in the classroom. She’s been a really
great representation of what we’re hoping to
build the program about.”